verbthird conjugation
angō
angō (present infinitive angere, perfect active ānxī, supine ānctum)
Classical[ˈaŋ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈaŋ.ɡo]
Meaning
- to bind, draw, press together
- archaicto choke, throttle, strangle (replaced in Classical Latin by suffoco)
rabidi cum colla comantia monstri angeret
when he was choking the hairy neck of the rabid monsterc. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Thebais 4.828 - figurativelyto cause physical pain, to hurt
- figurativelyto cause mental pain, to distress, torment, torture, trouble, agitate, vex
- to be tortured, grieved by, afflicted by
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
animum cruciōangō -ere — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 19
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Cura · Sollicitudo · Angor · Dolor · Ægritudo
Cura, sollicitudo, and angor, mean the disturbance of the mind with reference to a future evil and danger; cura (from the antiquated word coera, from κοίρανος) as thoughtfulness, uneasiness, apprehension, in opp. to incuria, like φροντίς; sollicitudo, as sensitiveness, discomposure, anxiety, in opp. to securitas, Tac. H. iv. 58, like μέριμνα; angor (from ἄγχω) as a passion, anguish, fear, in opp. to solutus animus; whereas dolor and ægritudo relate to a present evil; dolor (from θλᾶν?) as a hardship or pain, in opp. to gaudium, ἄλγος; ægritudo, as a sickness of the soul, like ἀνία, in opp. to alacritas. Cic. Tusc. v. 16. Cic. Fin. i. 22. Nec præterea res ulla est, quæ sua natura aut sollicitare possit aut angere. Accius apud Non. Ubi cura est, ibi anxitudo. Plin. Ep. ii. 11. Cæsar mihi tantum studium, tantam etiam curam—nimium est enim dicere sollicitudinem—præstitit, ut, etc. Quintil. viii. pr. 20. Curam ego verborum, rerum volo esse sollicitudinem. (iv. 419.)
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | angō | angēbam | angam | ānxī | ānxeram | ānxerō |
| 2nd sg. | angis | angēbās | angēs | ānxistī | ānxerās | ānxeris |
| 3rd sg. | angit | angēbat | anget | ānxit | ānxerat | ānxerit |
| 1st pl. | angimus | angēbāmus | angēmus | ānximus | ānxerāmus | ānxerimus |
| 2nd pl. | angitis | angēbātis | angētis | ānxistis | ānxerātis | ānxeritis |
| 3rd pl. | angunt | angēbant | angent | ānxērunt ānxēre | ānxerant | ānxerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | angam | angerem | ānxerim | ānxissem |
| 2nd sg. | angās | angerēs | ānxerīs | ānxissēs |
| 3rd sg. | angat | angeret | ānxerit | ānxisset |
| 1st pl. | angāmus | angerēmus | ānxerīmus | ānxissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | angātis | angerētis | ānxerītis | ānxissētis |
| 3rd pl. | angant | angerent | ānxerint | ānxissent ānsissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | angor | angēbar | angar |
| 2nd sg. | angeris angere | angēbāris angēbāre | angēris angēre |
| 3rd sg. | angitur | angēbātur | angētur |
| 1st pl. | angimur | angēbāmur | angēmur |
| 2nd pl. | angiminī | angēbāminī | angēminī |
| 3rd pl. | anguntur | angēbantur | angentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | angar | angerer |
| 2nd sg. | angāris angāre | angerēris angerēre |
| 3rd sg. | angātur | angerētur |
| 1st pl. | angāmur | angerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | angāminī | angerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | angantur | angerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | ange | angere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | angite | angiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | angitō | angitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | angitō | angitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | angitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | anguntō | anguntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | angere | angī |
| perfect infinitive | ānxisse | ānctum esse |
| future infinitive | ānctūrum esse | ānctum īrī |
| present participle | angēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | ānctus āncta, ānctā, ānctae, ānctam, ānctārum, ānctās, āncte, ānctī, ānctīs, ānctō, ānctōrum, ānctōs |
| future participle | ānctūrus ānctūra, ānctūrā, ānctūrae, ānctūram, ānctūrārum, ānctūrās, ānctūre, ānctūrī, ānctūrīs, ānctūrō, ānctūrōrum, ānctūrōs, ānctūrum | angendus angundus, angenda, angendā, angendae, angendam, angendārum, angendās, angende, angendīs, angendōrum, angendōs |
gerundangendī, angendō, angendumsupineānctum, ānctū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- (animo) angi (Brut. 27)
- to be very uneasy; to fret.
- conscientia mala angi, excruciari
- to be tormented by remorse.
- doloribus premi, angi, ardere, cruciari, distineri et divelli
- to feel acute pain.
ango, xi, ctum, and anxum, 3, v. a. (
I. perf. and sup. rest only on the assertion in Prisc. p. 895 P.; Diom. p. 366 P.; part. anctus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 24 Müll.; acc. to Prisc. l. c., the sup. is sometimes anxum; cf. Struve, 214) [the root of this word is widely diffused: ἄγκος, a bend, hollow; whence, valley, ravine; from the notion of closeness, come ἄγχω = to press tight, to strangle, throttle; ango; Germ. hangen, hängen; Engl. hang; angustus, anxius, anxietas; old Germ. Angust; Germ. Angst = Engl. anguish; from the notion of being bent, come ancus anculus, a crouching slave, ancora = Gr. ἄγκυρα; angulus = Germ. Angel, Engl. angle; old Germ. Angul, a hook; Gael. ingle = nook for the fire, fireplace; ancale = ἀγκάλη, Engl. ankle; ancon, and the pr. names Ancon and Ancona; uncus, curved, crooked; ungula, claw; unguis, claw, nail; cf. Sanscr. ahus, close; ahas, anguish; ankāmi, to bend; ankas, the lap (sinus), a hook; for the other Greek words belonging to this group, v. L. and S. s. vv. ἄγκος and ἄγχω].
I. Lit., to bind, draw, or press together; of the throat, to throttle, strangle (so ἄγχω; in this signif. antiquated; hence, in class. perh. only in the poets; in prose, instead of it, suffocare; cf. Diom. p. 361 P.):
angit inhaerens Elisos oculos et siccum sanguine guttur, Verg. A. 8, 260; so id. G. 3, 497: cum colla minantia monstri Angeret, Stat. Th. 4, 828; 6, 270; Sil. 13, 584.—Hence, of plants, to choke, Col. 4, 2, 2; 6, 27, 7 al.—II. Metaph.
A. To cause (physical) pain; hence, angi, to feel or suffer pain, Plin. 10, 60, 79, § 164. —
B. Most freq. of the mind, to distress, torment, torture, vex, trouble; and angi, to feel distressed, to suffer torment, etc.:
illum incommodis dictis angam, Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 11: cura angit hominem, * Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 8; * Lucr. 4, 1134: cruciatu timoris angi? Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25: multa sunt, quae me sollicitant anguntque, id. Att. 1, 18: angebar singularum horarum exspectatio ne, id. ib. 9, 1 et saep.; Liv. 2, 7; 21, 1 al.: ne munere te parvo beet aut incommodus angat (cruciet, cum non vult dare quod poscis, Cruqu.), Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 75: ad humum maerore gravi deducit et angit, id. A. P. 110: poëta, meum qui pectus inaniter angit, puts in torturing suspense, id. Ep. 2, 1, 211 al.: Pompeius ... curis animum mordacibus angit, Luc. 2, 680 sq.: Ea res animum illius anxit, Gell. 1, 3: (aemula eam) vehementer angebat, Vulg. 1 Reg. 1, 6.—With de (in respect to): de Statio manumisso et non nullis aliis rebus angor, Cic. Att. 2, 18 fin.: de quo angor et crucior, id. ib. 7, 22.—Sometimes with gen. (on this const. cf. Roby, II. § 1321): absurde facis, qui angas te animi, Plaut. Ep. 3, 1, 6: (Sthenius) angebatur animi necessario, quod etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 34, 84. But Cic. also uses the abl.: angor animo, Brut. 2, 7: audio te animo angi, Fam. 16, 142; and acc. to some edd. Tusc. 1, 40, 96 Seyff. (v. further on this gen. s. v. animus).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
angō —, —, ere
ANG-, to draw close, press tight, squeeze, compress, throttle, choke: sanguine guttur, V.: Tussis sues angit, V. — Fig., to torment, torture, vex, tease, trouble: cura angit hominem, T.: angebat spiritus virum, L.: meum pectus, H.: animos, L.: consulis animum, L.: si animus ... neque tot curis angeretur: cruciatu timoris angi: vehementer angebar, virum esse, etc.: angebatur animi, quod, etc.: de Statio manumisso angor.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *anɣō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-. Compare typologically Russian губи́ть (gubítʹ) (akin to гнуть (gnutʹ)), му́чить (múčitʹ) (possibly akin to мять (mjatʹ)).